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News & Views

Welcome to News & Views!  This is The Gentry Partnership’s home for the topics, links and resources for procurement leaders like you looking to make the most of your Gig worker program.

The number of Americans working for themselves could triple by 2020

Americans are as eager to work as ever. Just no longer for somebody else. According to FreshBooks, a cloud-based accounting company that has conducted a study on self-employment for two years, the number of Americans working for themselves looks to triple-to 42 million people-by 2020.

Wisconsin Employers Now Subject to Tort Lawsuits for Temporary Workers' Workplace Injuries

On January 9, 2018, District III of the Wisconsin Court of Appeals held that temporary workers who are injured while working for their host employers have the right to elect either to claim workers' compensation benefits or to sue their host employers in tort.

The Hidden Consequences of a Growing Gig Workforce

In the employment firmament, their star is rising. They appear when you need them, go away when you don't, and there's always a long line of replacements ready to step in. Contract workers are in wide use today, and it's